title: Acetabular reconstruction in patients with low and high dislocation: 20- to 32-year survival of an impaction grafting technique (named cotyloplasty).
abstract: We report the results at a mean of 24.3 years (20 to 32) of 61 previously reported consecutive total hip replacements carried out on 44 patients with severe congenital hip disease, performed with reconstruction of the acetabulum with an impaction grafting technique known as cotyloplasty. The mean age of the patients at operation was 46.7 years (23 to 68) and all were women. The patients were followed post-operatively for a mean of 24.3 years (20 to 32), using the Merle d'Aubigné and Postel scoring system as modified by Charnley, and with serial radiographs. At the time of the latest follow-up, 28 acetabular components had been revised because of aseptic loosening at a mean of 15.9 years (6 to 26), and one at 40 days after surgery because of repeated dislocations. The overall survival rate for aseptic failure of the acetabular component at ten years was 93.1% (95% confidence interval (CI) 86.5 to 96.7) when 53 hips were at risk, and at 23 years was 56.1% (95% CI 49.4 to 62.8), when 22 hips remained at risk. These long-term results are considered satisfactory for the reconstruction of an acetabulum presenting with inadequate bone stock and circumferential segmental defects.
authors.affiliation: University Hospital of Larissa, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, PerioxiMezourto, Larissa 41110, Greece. kar@med.uth.gr
authors.forename: Th
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Karachalios
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Roidis
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Lampropoulou-Adamidou
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Hartofilakidis
mesh_terms: D000077:Acetabulum / Q000293:injuries* / Q000601:surgery; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D019644:Arthroplasty, Replacement, Hip / Q000379:methods*; D016025:Bone Transplantation / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006618:Hip Dislocation, Congenital / Q000601:surgery*; D006621:Hip Joint / Q000601:surgery*; D006622:Hip Prosthesis / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000209:etiology; D011475:Prosthesis Failure; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Acetabular reconstruction; Congenital hip disease; Hip; THR; Total hip arthroplasty